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<h2>Browsers compatible with LightWAVE</h2>

<p> <em>[Last checked: 25 February 2013 (LightWAVE version 0.48)]</em>

<p> The LightWAVE client runs in a web browser and does not require any
platform-specific components.  The browser must support HTML5, JavaScript, and
(for graphical output only) SVG.  <em>Recommended:</em> Chrome, MSIE 9, and
Safari currently provide the best performance because of their notably fast
JavaScript engines.  On older Windows systems, MSIE 7 or 8 (or even 6)
with <a href="http://www.google.com/chromeframe">Google Chrome Frame</a> are
tolerable choices if you cannot install Chrome itself.  On devices running
Android 2.x and earlier, you will not have the Android 3 browser, and you may
be unable to install Chrome 18; both Firefox 15 and Opera 12 are usable with
limitations on Android 2.x, however, if you cannot update your Android
platform.

<p> The table below shows the oldest LightWAVE-compatible version of each
browser.

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<tr valign="top"><th>Platform &#9654;<br>Browser<br>&#9660;</th>
<th>Android</th><th>iOS</th><th>Linux</th><th>Mac OS X</th><th>Windows</th></tr>
<tr><th>Android</th>
    <td>3</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td></tr>
<tr><th>Chrome</th>
    <td>18</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><th>Firefox</a></th>
    <td>15</td><td>n/a</td>
    <td>4</td><td>4</td>
    <td>4</td></tr>
<tr><th>MSIE</th>
    <td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td>
    <td>9 <a href="#msie"><b>[1]</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><th>Opera</th>
    <td>12</td><td><a href="#opera-mini"><b>[2]</b></a></td>
    <td>12.11</td><td>12.14</td><td>12.14</td></tr>
<tr><th>Safari</th>
    <td>n/a</td><td>5.0</td><td>n/a</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.1</td></tr>
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<p> <a name="msie"><b>[1]</b></a> Although MSIE 6, 7, and 8 do not support SVG,
you can use them to run LightWAVE if you install
<a href="http://www.google.com/chromeframe">Google Chrome Frame</a> (a free
plugin that provides the missing support).  Google Chrome Frame is optional for
MSIE 9; it may provide faster display updating.

<p> <a name="opera-mini"><b>[2]</b></a> Opera's browser for iOS, Opera Mini,
does not support SVG as of its most recent version (7.0.5).  Use Safari or
Chrome on iOS.
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